[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 14, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E369-E370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, March 15, 2012 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of the Air 
           Force in review of the Defense Authorization request 
           for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense 
           Program; with the possibility of a closed session in 
           SVC 217 following the open session.
                                                            SD G50
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine student debt, focusing on 
           providing fairness for struggling students.
                                                            SD 226
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jerome H. 
           Powell, of Maryland, and Jeremy C. Stein, of 
           Massachusetts, both to be a Member of the Board of 
           Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Jeremiah 
           O'Hear Norton, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board 
           of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
           Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring July 
           15, 2013, and Richard B. Berner, of Massachusetts, to 
           be Director, Office of Financial Research, and Christy 
           L. Romero, of Virginia, to be Special Inspector General 
           for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, both of the 
           Department of the Treasury.
                                                            SD 538
       Environment and Public Works
       Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Environmental 
           Protection Agency's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards 
           (MATS) for power plants.
                                                            SD 406
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Adam E. 
           Sieminski, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the 
           Energy Information Administration, Department of 
           Energy, Marcilynn A. Burke, of North Carolina, to be an 
           Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and Anthony T. 
           Clark, of North Dakota, and John Robert Norris, of 
           Iowa, both to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
           Regulatory Commission.
                                                            SD 366
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine a review of the Office of 
           Special Counsel and Merit Systems Protection Board.
                                                            SD 342
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH 219
     2:45 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine commercial 
           airline safety.
                                                            SR 253
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Carlos 
           Pascual, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
           Secretary for Energy Resources, John Christopher 
           Stevens, of California, to be Ambassador to Libya, and 
           Jacob Walles, of Delaware, to be Ambassador to the 
           Tunisian Republic, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD 419
     3 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine cybersecurity research and 
           development in review of the Defense Authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years 
           Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed 
           session in SVC 217 following the open session.
                                                           SR 232A

                                MARCH 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine investor risks in 
           crowdfunding.
                                                            SD 538
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Tracey Ann 
           Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
           to the Republic of Kosovo, Richard B. Norland, of Iowa, 
           to be Ambassador to Georgia, Kenneth Merten, of 
           Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, 
           Mark A. Pekala, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Latvia, and Jeffrey D. Levine, of 
           California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Estonia, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD 419
       Appropriations
       Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine balancing prosperity and 
           security, focusing on challenges for United States air 
           travel in a 21st century global economy.
                                                            SD 138
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine retooling government for the 
           21st century, focusing on the President's 
           reorganization plan and reducing duplication.
                                                            SD 342
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine convicting the guilty and 
           exonerating the innocent.
                                                            SD 226
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine military construction, 
           environmental, and base closure programs in review of 
           the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 
           and the Future Years Defense Program.
                                                           SR 232A
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings to examine the legislative 
           presentations of the Military Order of the Purple 
           Heart, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), 
           Non Commissioned Officers Association, American Ex-
           Prisoners of War, Vietnam Veterans of America, Wounded 
           Warrior Project, National Association of State 
           Directors of Veterans Affairs, and The Retired Enlisted 
           Association.
                                                            SD G50
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2013 for the Department of the Army.
                                                            SD 192
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Verizon and cable deals.
                                                            SD 226
       Foreign Relations
       Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics 
           Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine press freedom in Latin 
           America, focusing on the fourth estate under attack.
                                                            SD 419
     2:30 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2013 for the National Nuclear Security 
           Administration.
                                                            SD 192

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       Appropriations
       Financial Service and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine strengthening market 
           oversight and integrity, focusing on fiscal year 2013 
           resource needs of the Commodity Futures Trading 
           Commission.
                                                            SD 138
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the Department 
           of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD 342
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine military space programs in 
           review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal 
           year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program.
                                                            SR 222

                                MARCH 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the situation in Afghanistan; 
           with the possibility of a closed session in SVC 217 
           following the open session.
                                                            SD G50
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings to examine the legislative 
           presentations of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Air 
           Force Sergeants Association, Blinded Veterans 
           Association, American Veterans (AMVETS), Gold Star 
           Wives, Fleet Reserve Association, Military Officers 
           Association of America, and the Jewish War Veterans.
                                              345, Cannon Building
     2:15 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Scott H. 
           DeLisi, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Uganda, Michael A. Raynor, of Maryland, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, and Makila James, 
           of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
           Kingdom of Swaziland, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD 419
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1684, to amend the Indian 
           Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 
           2005, S. 1898, to provide for the conveyance of certain 
           property from the United States to the Maniilaq 
           Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska, and H.R. 1560, 
           to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
           Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to 
           allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine 
           blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe.
                                                            SD 628
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 303, to amend the Omnibus 
           Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the Bureau 
           of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small 
           miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period 
           of 60 days after written receipt of 1 or more defects 
           is provided to the claimant by registered mail to cure 
           the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee, 
           S. 1129, to amend the Federal Land Policy and 
           Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of 
           grazing leases and permits, S. 1473, to amend Public 
           Law 99 548 to provide for the implementation of the 
           multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin 
           River, Nevada, and to extend the authority to purchase 
           certain parcels of public land, S. 1492, to provide for 
           the conveyance of certain Federal land in Clark County, 
           Nevada, for the environmental remediation and 
           reclamation of the Three Kids Mine Project Site, S. 
           1559, to establish the San Juan Islands National 
           Conservation Area in the San Juan Islands, Washington, 
           S. 1635, to designate certain lands in San Miguel, 
           Ouray, and San Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, 
           S. 1687, to adjust the boundary of Carson National 
           Forest, New Mexico, S. 1774, to establish the Rocky 
           Mountain Front Conservation Management Area, to 
           designate certain Federal land as wilderness, and to 
           improve the management of noxious weeds in the Lewis 
           and Clark National Forest, S. 1788, to designate the 
           Pine Forest Range Wilderness area in Humboldt County, 
           Nevada, S. 1906, to modify the Forest Service 
           Recreation Residence Program as the program applies to 
           units of the National Forest System derived from the 
           public domain by implementing a simple, equitable, and 
           predictable procedure for determining cabin user fees, 
           S. 2001, to expand the Wild Rogue Wilderness Area in 
           the State of Oregon, to make additional wild and scenic 
           river designations in the Rogue River area, to provide 
           additional protections for Rogue River tributaries, S. 
           2015, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
           convey certain Federal land to the Powell Recreation 
           District in the State of Wyoming, and S. 2056, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
           certain interests in Federal land acquired for the 
           Scofield Project in Carbon County, Utah.
                                                            SD 366
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH 219

                                MARCH 27
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Airland Subcommittee
         To hold a hearing to examine Army modernization in review 
           of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 
           2013 and the Future Years Defense Program.
                                                            SR 222

                                MARCH 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To receive a closed briefing on the Ohio-class 
           Replacement Program in review of the Defense 
           Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the 
           Future Years Defense Program.
                                                           SVC 217
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Margaret 
           Bartley, of Maryland, and Coral Wong Pietsch, of 
           Hawaii, both to be a Judge of the United States Court 
           of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
                                                            SR 418
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, 
           and civilian personnel programs in review of the 
           Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and 
           the Future Years Defense Program.
                                                           SR 232A
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine assessing efforts to combat 
           waste and fraud in Federal programs.
                                                            SD 342

                                MARCH 29
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Contracting Oversight Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine contractors, focusing on how 
           much they are costing the government.
                                                            SD 342